Romance Philology (RPh), founded in 1947 by Yakov Malkiel, continues to concern itself with medieval Romance literatures and the linguistic history of the Romance languages. The editorial board welcomes articles on medieval Romance literatures, historical Romance linguistics, and textual criticism, including editions of medieval texts.
Languages accepted: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, as well as English; authors whose native language is not English should note that translation into English is not required and is, in fact, discouraged by editorial policy.
Final acceptance of an article requires the author to have a current subscription to the journal. For further details, see "Guidelines for Submission to Romance Philology": https://www.brepols.net/series/rph.
Contact Information/Submissions
Manuscript submission: Before sending manuscripts, authors are advised to consult with the Editor-in-Chief, Barbara De Marco, using the following email address: RPhEditorial@gmail.com.
All authors, especially those whose native language is not English, are reminded that Romance Philology publishes contributions in German and in the major Romance languages, as well as in English; translation into English is not required, and is, in fact, discouraged by editorial policy. All contributions are edited thoroughly for style and substance. Conformity with the style sheet is required only upon final acceptance of the manuscript for publication. Articles are not rejected on the basis of their conformity with the style sheet. Detailed directions on style and formatting will be provided to an author whose article successfully passes the peer review.
Reviews and review articles are commissioned by the Editor in consultation with members of the Editorial and Advisory Boards. Books for review should be sent to the attention of Jerry R. Craddock, at the following address:
Romance Philology
c/o Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
5319 Dwinelle Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
Peer Review Procedure
Method of peer review: Anonymous peer review, as well as review by the editorial board.
Articles are evaluated on the basis of the style of presentation, on the relevance of the article to broader topics in Romance philology, and on the potential interest of any particular article to a readership that may specialize in either literature or linguistics.
Guidelines for Authors
A detailed stylesheet for RPH can be found at: https://www.brepols.net/permalink/guidelines-rph
Licencing & Copyright
This journal offers different licence options. A standard licence gives Brepols the exclusive copyright for all published content. Gold Open Access articles will be published under a CC BY-NC 4.0 Licence. For these articles the copyright remains with the authors. Please discuss with your Publishing Manager if you or your funding body require an alternative CC-licence.
Open Access Options
When you opt for publishing in Gold Open Access, we charge an APC of 1950 EUR (+ VAT, if applicable), which is designed to cover the cost of our publishing services. This consists of dedicated editorial support; qualitative, rigorous peer review; manuscript editing and professional typesetting; high-quality printing and digital publishing on BrepolsOnline and other leading platforms; guaranteed permanent access; worldwide physical distribution and online dissemination; and worldwide specialized marketing and targeted commercial initiatives.
Researchers from low- and middle-income countries, early career scholars, independent researchers, and other authors who do not have the resources to pay the APC are invited to contact the editor-in-chief.
See our dedicated webpages for further details on our open access options at https://www.brepols.net/open-access/journals, and our self-archiving policies at https://www.brepols.net/open-access/self-archiving-policy.
Ethics, Malpractice and Authorship Statement
https://www.brepols.net/ethics
Archival
All articles are digitally archived in Portico
(E-journal)
